The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against 17 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and seven former ministers, over allegations of causing a financial loss of Tk 309.42 crore to the government in connection with the Meghna-Gomti Bridge toll collection contract.

Bus services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route resumed yesterday after being suspended following a clash between transport workers and National Citizen Party (NCP) activists in Mymensingh city on Friday.

At least seven workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a battery recycling factory in Narsingdi yesterday. Three of them, who are in critical condition, were sent to the burn institute in Dhaka, police said.

Over 10 lakh children received the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine yesterday, marking the first day of a month-long campaign targeting 4.9 crore children aged between nine months and 15 years.

A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban yesterday.

At least six dengue patients died while 953 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning, showing an alarming trend this year.

After the home ministry, work has begun to merge the two divisions of the health ministry to ensure better coordination and improved medical services for the people.

Samantha Sharmin, senior joint convener of the National Citizenship Party, yesterday alleged that every adviser has already secured their future.

Dhrubo Barua, vice-president candidate from the “Boichitrer Oikya” panel in the upcoming Cucsu elections, has pledged to build a democratic, occupation-free, and safe campus by introducing a “Campus Charter” with active participation of students, if elected.

Chowdhury Tasneem Jahan Srabon, general secretary candidate from the “Binirman Shikkharthi Oikya” panel in the upcoming Cucsu elections, has pledged to work towards creating a women-friendly campus if elected.

Effective climate action in Bangladesh requires inclusive participation, social coordination, and transformation, with women and youth at the centre of policy and funding decisions, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Although winter has yet to begin, date palm sap collectors in Jashore have already started preparing their trees ahead of the season. As a light chill sets in during mornings and evenings, locals say it signals the arrival of winter.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said the Election Commission has not yet made any decision regarding the National Citizen Party’s proposal to use “shapla” (water lily) as its election symbol.

As floodwaters recede in the northern districts of Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, and Nilphamari, erosion has intensified along the banks of the Teesta, Dharla, Brahmaputra, and Dudhkumar rivers, with at least 60 points now severely affected.

The newly constructed Tarakandi-Bhuapur road in Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila has become waterlogged at several points due to poor drainage.

Sued over causing financial loss to govt worth Tk 309.42 crore

Decision will weaken NCTB and deepen crisis, it says

He is an associate of Bangladesh-origin US citizen Enayet Karim Chowdhury

Will deliver speech at main session

Chattogram Union of Journalists demands withdrawal of accused